Comments on Common Sense poll question of the weekTypePad2014-02-14T22:44:51ZEric Zornhttp://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2014/02/common-sense-poll-question-of-the-week/comments/atom.xml/Anonymitus commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a3fcbf2866970b2014-02-17T19:22:26Z2014-02-17T19:22:26ZAnonymitusIf I campaigned for Gov, would it be easy for them to disgrace me ? I love women, but over...<p>If I campaigned for Gov, would it be easy for them to disgrace me ? I love women, but over the years I&#39;ve never been able to lure them to share a room with me. Yes, I&#39;m much better looking than Rutherford. Why can&#39;t he succeed at Governor ?</p>
<p>I would never vote for an antigun politician, never. I&#39;d vote for Rutherford without thinking about it. Bush and Obama proved anyone can be president or Governor. </p>Bruce L. commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a5116dcd10970c2014-02-16T08:31:42Z2014-02-16T08:31:42ZBruce L.So was his vendetta against Hef because he was never invited? Or because he was so offended by what he...<p>So was his vendetta against Hef because he was never invited? Or because he was so offended by what he saw when he did get in? :-)</p>Garry commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a5116d85c8970c2014-02-15T19:52:57Z2014-02-15T19:52:57ZGarry@Beth: Thompson went after Hefner supposedly because he was buying drugs for his personal use & possibly for his guests...<p>@Beth: Thompson went after Hefner supposedly because he was buying drugs for his personal use &amp; possibly for his guests at the State St. mansion. No one believed that was the reason for such a massive investigation of one rich guy buying drugs.<br />
He indicted the secretary as the buyer &amp; she refused to rat him out &amp; killed herself in the Maryland Hotel a few blocks away [I think it&#39;s now condos]. Thompson is why Hefner moved to California.</p>
<p>I heard a somewhat similar story on the marriage from two different state reps at different parties &amp; a friend heard it from a state senator she was distantly related to. They said it was an open secret in Springfield.</p>
<p>What amazed me about Thompson though, while he was US Attorney, he was also appointed by Nixon, to a top, top secret US government panel that oversaw some aspect of our spy operations &amp; how he passed an FBI background check in those days, when the FBI routinely destroyed gay people&#39;s lives &amp; reputations is baffling. There&#39;s no way they didn&#39;t discover that.</p>Carl commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a73d78d5a0970d2014-02-15T19:15:51Z2014-02-15T19:15:51ZCarlGarry...the person who told me is currently an appellate court judge for what it's worth<p>Garry...the person who told me is currently an appellate court judge for what it&#39;s worth</p>Beth commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a3fcbdb48c970b2014-02-15T16:39:32Z2014-02-15T16:39:32ZBethGarry, you know such interesting things! My mom has always claimed it's well-known Thompson is gay, that he married Jayne...<p>Garry, you know such interesting things! My mom has always claimed it&#39;s well-known Thompson is gay, that he married Jayne as a contract and she had to produce a child quickly and then they&#39;d go their own ways. I LOVE the tombstone description, though at the same time I think it&#39;s heartbreaking that people have to hide who they are. I&#39;ve been watching episodes of &quot;McMillan and Wife&quot; (I love Susan St. James in that one) over the past several weeks, off and on, and I feel the same way about Rock Hudson. </p>
<p>I didn&#39;t know Thompson had ever tried to prosecute Hugh Hefner. I&#39;ll have to look that up. </p>Mary Contrary commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a5116d6839970c2014-02-15T16:08:27Z2014-02-15T16:08:27ZMary ContraryThe poll numbers are going down, meaning Republican gays are getting on board?<p>The poll numbers are going down, meaning Republican gays are getting on board?</p>Garry commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a73d787be3970d2014-02-15T03:30:39Z2014-02-15T03:30:39ZGarryBTW, Gawker has outed downstate Congressman Aaron Schock as gay a couple of times. It's gotten no traction in the...<p>BTW, Gawker has outed downstate Congressman Aaron Schock as gay a couple of times. It&#39;s gotten no traction in the media here.<br />
I have no idea if that&#39;s true or false.</p>Garry commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a5116d25e9970c2014-02-15T03:24:45Z2014-02-15T03:24:45ZGarry@Carl, Buster & Beth: I can't tell you how many responses there were when someone commented on what Thompson's tombstone...<p>@Carl, Buster &amp; Beth:<br />
I can&#39;t tell you how many responses there were when someone commented on what Thompson&#39;s tombstone would be. That came up when people first saw Roland Burris&#39;s monument to egomania.<br />
The comment that brought out all the replies was his tombstone would be a closet door.<br />
Numerous people claimed to have seen Thompson at gay bars, entering from the alley door. <br />
Were they telling the truth, I don&#39;t know, but there was a consistency to them.<br />
Plus there was the way Thompson signed all the high school year books of his classmates &quot;James Thompson, President of the United States, 1993-2001&quot;.<br />
Yet he never ran, leading me to believe he had something to hide.<br />
His persecution of Hugh Hefner also made me suspicious, in that I&#39;ve learned over the years,that any time a prosecutor goes after someone for consensual adult sexual activity, that prosecutor has his own deep secrets to hide. After Hefner&#39;s secretary committed suicide to avoid being forced to rat out her boss, Thompson resigned as US Attorney to run for governor. The secretary had been the supposed key to bringing down Hefner, but when Sam Skinner took over the US Attorney&#39;s post, he totally dropped the case in six weeks!</p>Beth commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a73d786d97970d2014-02-15T01:22:27Z2014-02-15T01:22:27ZBethCBT -- that's long been the rumor. Whether it's true or not I have absolutely no idea.<p>CBT -- that&#39;s long been the rumor. Whether it&#39;s true or not I have absolutely no idea. </p>CBT commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a3fcbd5ceb970b2014-02-15T00:57:14Z2014-02-15T00:57:14ZCBTRegarding Carl and Buster - I'm not clear on what you both are hinting at. Going backward, in the last...<p>Regarding Carl and Buster - I&#39;m not clear on what you both are hinting at. Going backward, in the last 35+ years the IL governors have been Pat Quinn, Blago, George Ryan, Jim Edgar, and Jim Thompson. The only one who could be called &quot;a heck of a lawyer&quot; is Thompson. Are you saying that Jim Thompson hid his sexuality?</p>Wendy C commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a3fcbd5b1c970b2014-02-15T00:42:52Z2014-02-15T00:42:52ZWendy CI don't think it's fair we have to wait for the "Common Sense Caucus" to see/hear the results of this...<p>I don&#39;t think it&#39;s fair we have to wait for the &quot;Common Sense Caucus&quot; to see/hear the results of this poll, which I expect will exceed Rich Miller&#39;s poll as to how many want Rutherford out.</p>Carl commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a5116d0c8f970c2014-02-14T23:40:14Z2014-02-14T23:40:14ZCarl...and a heck of a lawyer Buster!<p>...and a heck of a lawyer Buster!</p>Buster commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a5116d09cc970c2014-02-14T23:16:29Z2014-02-14T23:16:29ZBusterYou're right Carl, he could've married a woman, had kids and stayed in the closet all of these years -...<p>You&#39;re right Carl, he could&#39;ve married a woman, had kids and stayed in the closet all of these years - while hiring any number of (male) gubernatorial aides - all of whom one Chicago gossip columnist described as &quot;so incredibly good looking&quot; . . . . </p>Carl commented on 'Common Sense poll question of the week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b4ba69e201a3fcbd500e970b2014-02-14T23:05:27Z2014-02-14T23:05:27ZCarlBizarre...we've had a governor whose sexuality was hidden from most voters. So many ways he could have dodged all of...<p>Bizarre...we&#39;ve had a governor whose sexuality was hidden from most voters. So many ways he could have dodged all of this</p>